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Will Magic Mountain focus more on flat rides?

06-19-2010, 08:09 AM

Hearing some word about all Six Flags parks being on a budget that I heard was not having to spend $100 million each year, do you think we'll be seeing more thrilling flat rides? (i.e. Sky Swatter, Top Spin, etc.)

I've ridden all of them and all are great. I think there are more than those, but those are the ones I have ridden.

As for what Magic Mountain needs, they do need more flat rides. As it stand now, they only have what, 4? The Buccaneer, Swashbuckler, Atom Smasher and Grinder Gearworks. All are AT LEAST 25 years old. A few 'modern" flat rides would go great at the park, at least IMO.

I'm still holding out hope that they will get Maliboomer when it leaves DCA.

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^Actually, Magic Mountain already used to have an Enterprise. It was located to the left of the entrance of Batman, somewhat behind the Corn on the Cob booth. You can still sort of tell a circular flat ride was there. It was removed some time ago.

And while a few SF parks do have a dark ride, I doubt SFMM would ever get one for the same reason Knott's will probably never get one again either: it would draw too many direct comparisons to Disney.

As far as flat ride requests go, I would love to see a Huss Frisbee. It's so much superior to the Chance model operating at Knott's. They could also use an Intamin drop tower pretty badly, too. A roto tower would be good. Triokas are always fun, too, and pretty family friendly.

And if you want an Enterprise style ride, let's go for the Huss Fly A Way... those are amazing!

You have it backwards. Monster Mansion is the current name, Monster Plantation was the old name. It was part of a slightly broader effort to remove "offensive" references, which included renaming the Confederate section to Peachtree Square.

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You have it backwards. Monster Mansion is the current name, Monster Plantation was the old name. It was part of a slightly broader effort to remove "offensive" references, which included renaming the Confederate section to Peachtree Square.

That's right ... Still a great ride either way.

I loved the Enterprise that used to be at SFMM (Reactor it was called I believe).

As for the Sky Swat ... I wanted to ride the one at Astroworld when we were there but it didn't open that day.

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You have it backwards. Monster Mansion is the current name, Monster Plantation was the old name. It was part of a slightly broader effort to remove "offensive" references, which included renaming the Confederate section to Peachtree Square.

The old stereotypes in that area and that ride were so old and bad that they were funny.

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Six Flags Magic Mountain needs dark rides and better queues. I live next door to the theme park and it reaches over 105 degrees here in the summer. Put some of the queues indoors and makes the guests comfortable. There is only a couple of places to even get out of the heat in the whole park, and most of those are in the arcades. In indoor Batman ride would be a perfect addition. The ride is small enough to do this.

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^Yeah, that way amusement parks can be hours of waiting in line, and 2 minutes on a ride, and hours in a line, and 2 minutes on a ride, and hours in a line...

Generally, if well chosen, flat rides help absorb some of the crowds, and allow you to get a thrill with a much shorter wait. And while coasters are great, there's nothing like a good spin and barf.

The reason why flat rides have short lines is because guests are not interested in them. Build more rides that people want to go on. The "spin and barf" problem is another reason to see them go extinct.